Archive for June, 2008
Prayer Focus: Youth Missions Teams
Here they come! Youth missions teams from across the U.S. are arriving in Mexico for one and two week trips throughout the summer. A flurry of activity for both the teams and the missionaries hosting them is in progress, some in preparation while others have already arrived and are in the thick of ministry.
Although many reasons abound for such trips, let us never forget the bottom line: the Great Commission. Houses or churches will be built, mimes and puppet shows will have their audiences, medical teams will minister healing, and crusades will be preached to the masses- all to fulfill the simple command to ‘go, share the Good News, and make disciples’.
Excitement is in the air – and the nitty gritty on the ground.
Unique personalities, unfavorable conditions, various levels of maturity (spiritual, emotional, and physical), changing circumstances, and often rigid or culturally irrelevant expectations all converge to influence the outcome of the effort made by teams. Let’s do our part and add prayer to the mix. God hears and answers and even now waits to receive our petitions:
For both missionary and the team, let’s pray:
- John 3:30 – that Jesus will increase as all others decrease
- I Peter 4:8 – that above all, fervent love will be kept for one another
- Zech 4:6 – ministry accomplished through the Spirit rather than by power or might
- Psalm 91 – for safety, peace, and protection
- Mark 16:20 – that the Word preached would be confirmed by signs and wonders